Locking garment-hanger.



No. 759,772. PATENTED MAY 1o, 1904..`

, M. TERLETZKY. LOCKING GARMBNT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1904. No MODEL. V

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PATENT OFFICE.

MAX TERLETZKY, OF GOBLE, OREGON.

LOCKING. GARIVIENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,772, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed February Z5, 1904. Serial No, 195,255. (No model.)

the county of Columbia and State of Oregon,v

have invented new and useful Improvenumts in Locking Gai-ment-l-Iangei-s, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locking garmenthangers, the object in View being to provide a simple, economical, and effective garmenthanger especially adapted for coats and hats or similar articles of wearing-apparel and having provision whereby such articles when properly placed in position upon the hanger may be fastened or locked, thereby preventing unauthorized persons from removing such articles of wearing-apparel from the rack.

The improved garment-hanger may be used either in connection with or independently of the locking feature, the locking device being, however, always present, so that it may be brought into use whenever the occasion requires.

With the above and other objects in View, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure i is a front elevation of a garment-rack constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the parts thereof open for the reception of the garments. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the device is closed for the purpose of fastening' the garments thereon. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection'taken on the line 3 3 of' Fig. 1.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Rcferring to the drawings, l designates a garment-supporting bar, which is preferably curved in arcuate form and adapted to lit across the shoulder portion and partially into the armpits of a garment, such as a cloak, coat, or similar wrap.

Extending upward from the central portion and convex side of the supporting-bar l is a combined support and guide 2, consisting of substantially parallel side portions 3, the lower extremities of which are connected directly with the bar l and the connecting portion 4., which unites the upper ends of the side pieces 3 and to which is attached by a swiveled connection a sus pending-eye 5, bythe aid of which the garment-hanger may be suspended upon a nail, hook, or other support.

Mounted to slide up and down on the side portions 3 of the support 2 is a clamping-bar (5, having openings for thc passage of the parts 3 and held normally out of contact with the bar l by means of coiled springs 7, which encircle the side portions 3 of the support Q and by their expansion serve to hold the bar 6 elevated, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to facilitate the placing' of a coat upon the bar l. The bar 6 is offset intermediate its ends, as shown at 8, to allow the end portions 9 thereof to come in contact with the upper side of the bar l, while the central portion is suspended at a distance from and above the bar l, so as to pass over a ccntrally-arranged lock-case l0, situated between the parts 3, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

lendent from the central portion of the clamping-bar 6 is a latch-pin ljl., having a beveled extremity l). and a shoulder or lip 13. When the bar 6 is depressed, the shouldered end of the latch-pin enters an opening' in the top of the lock-case and is engaged by the lock mechanism, which is not shown, but which comprises a spring-actilated device which automatically receives and engages the latch-pin without the necessity of using a key. A key, however, is necessary to work the lock mechanism for releasing the latch-pin and allowing the clamping-bar 6 to move upward by the expansion of the springs 7.

Connected to the gar:nent-supporting bar 1 is an upwardly-pointing hook-shaped hatclamping member la, while connected to the clannjiing-bar 6 is a downwardlypointing hook-shaped clamping member l5, thc said members 14 and l5 being preferably provided with enlarged ends or heads 'i6 to prevent injuring the hat or other articles clamped between the same. As the hatclamping members 14 and i5 are carried by the relatively movable bars l and 6, it will be seen IOO that as said bars are moved toward each other the hat-clamping members are also moved toward each other. Therefore when the coat is clamped between the bars 1 and 6 a hat placed upon the lower hook or member 14 is simultaneously clamped between the members 14 and 15. rlhus both articles are securely fastened or locked to the hanger and their fraudulent removal therefrom prevented. In order to lock garments upon the hanger, it is only necessary after placing the garments thereon to depress the clampingbar 6 until the garments are engaged by the clamping-bar 6 and the upper hat-clamping member 15. In depressing the bar 6 the latch-pin 11 is automatically engaged by the lock mechanism in the case 10, thus preventing the removal of the garment until the lock mechanism is operated by means of asuitable key.

The clamping-bar 6 is preferably constructed of spring metal, so that the end portions thereof bear with a yielding pressure against the collar portion of a coat or clock placed upon the lower garment supporting bar. This obviates creasing or injuring the garment and holds the same in proper shape, while allowing' for variations in the thickness of the material or shape of different garments placed thereon.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isu 1. A locking garment-hanger comprising a garment-supportingbar, a combined support and guide extending upward therefrom, a clamping-bar movable up and down on said support and guide, means for locking the clamping-bar and supporting-bar in engagement with a garment, and means on the combined support and guide for moving' the clamping-bar and supporting-bar apart when unlocked, substantially as described.

2. A locking garment-hanger comprising a garment-supporting bar, a combined support and guide extending upward from the central portion thereof and comprising substantially parallel side portions, a clamping-bar movable up and down on said combined support and guide, a spring interposed between the clamping-bar and supporting-bar for holding the same yieldingly apart, and means for locking the clamping-bar in close proximity to the supporting-bar, substantially as described.

3. A locking garment-hanger comprising a garment-supporting bar, a centrally-arranged combined support and guide extending upward therefrom, a spring clamping-bar mounted to slide up and down on said guide and having a central offset and upwardly-extending central portion, a spring interposed between the clamping-bar and supporting-bar for normally urging the same apart, hatclamping members carried by the clampingbar and garment-supporting bar, and locking means interposed between the clamping-bar and garment-supporting bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A locking garment-hanger comprising a garment-supporting bar, a combined support and guide extending upward therefrom, a clamping-bar movable up and down on said support, and guide means for holding the clamping-bar yieldingly away from the garment-supporting bar, means for locking said bars in close proximity to each other, and oppositely-facing hook-shaped members carried by the clamping-bar and garment-supporting bar, respectively, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAX TERLETZKY.

litnesses:

HERMON GINZEL, FRANK C. CLEAVER. 

